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Sh-K-Boom Records
Founded2000 (2000)
FounderKurt Deutsch, Sherie Rene Scott
GenreMusical theatre, pop rock
Country of originU.S.
LocationNew York City
Official websitewww.sh-k-boom.com

Sh-K-Boom Records is an independent record label and producer of recorded and live entertainment, which was founded in 2000 by husband and wife Kurt Deutsch and Sherie Rene Scott with the mission of bridging the gap between pop music and theater. In 2004 Sh-K-Boom created their second imprint, Ghostlight Records, dedicated to the preservation of traditional musical theater, spurred by the popular release of their first-ever show cast recording, Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years.[1] Together the two labels have over 150 albums in their catalogues. The company has also produced over 50 live concerts as part of their Sh-K-Boom Room Concert Series, and are currently developing new and innovative projects for the stage and screen.

Sh-K-Boom & Ghostlight Records are twelve-time Grammy Award nominees and three-time Grammy winners in the Best Musical Theater Album category for In the Heights, The Book of Mormon and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Ghostlight's Book of Mormon album was the first Broadway cast recording to break into the Billboard Top 10 since the original 1969 release of Hair, taking its place as the biggest-selling digital cast recording of all time.[2] The label's Original Broadway Cast Album for In the Heights also debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Cast Albums chart and arrived on the Billboard 200 at #82.[3]

Sh-K-Boom & Ghostlight Records have produced and released the debut solo albums of Broadway stars such as Adam Pascal, Sherie Rene Scott, Patti LuPone, Sutton Foster, Kelli O'Hara, Alice Ripley, Melissa Errico, Billy Porter, Ben Vereen, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Judy Kuhn, Christine Ebersole, Julia Murney, Ashley Brown, Linda Lavin, Lea Delaria, Anastasia Barzee and Klea Blackhurst.

Albums

2000-2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Awards and honors

Drama Desk

Sh-K-Boom & Ghostlight were awarded a special 2006 Drama Desk Award for dedication to the preservation of musical theatre through original cast albums.[4]

Grammy Awards and nominations

2003

  • Great Joy: A Gospel Christmas

2005

2006

2008

2009

  • Hair - 2009 Broadway Revival Cast Recording

2011

2014[5]

References

  1. ^ Feldman, Adam (July 11–18, 2007). "Sh-K-Boom time". Time Out New York (615).
  2. ^ Caulfield, Keith (May 26, 2011). "'The Book of Mormon' Cast Album Scores Impressive Chart Debut". Billboard.com.
  3. ^ Broadway.com Staff. (June 11, 2008). "In the Heights Cast CD Debuts at #1 on Billboard Chart". Broadway.com.
  4. ^ "2006 - Drama Desk Awards - Press Releases". Archived from the original on October 1, 2006. Retrieved November 5, 2006.
  5. ^ Kaeley, Glasco. "Grammys 2015: Best Musical Theater Album nominees". AXS. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
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